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On April 23rd, Sato Takeru and Ayase Haruka attended the press conference held for the completion of their starring movie "Real~Kanzen naru Kubinagaryu no Hi~"(directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi).
When Sato was asked about how he views Ayase, he started his answer saying, "Though she looks silly..." However, since that seemed to have shocked Ayase, he corrected himself, saying, "She seems to look like an easygoing person, but I view her as someo

It was revealed that Mr.Children would provide the theme song for upcoming movie "Real ~Kanzen naru Kubinagaryu no Hi~."
The theme song "REM" was exclusively written for the movie. Sato Takeru who will be the lead for the movie, commented, "It's an aggressive and cool song that I feel like I've never heard from Mr.Children. I've been a huge fan of Mr.Children-san since in junior high school, so I am really happy. I can't wait to feel how t

On February 27, Video Research Ltd. once again released various statistics about the usage of commercials in 2012. As usual, they concentrated their analysis on the three main regions of Japan (Kanto, Kansai, and Nagoya) and the five main commercial networks.
The results show that the overall amount of commercials slightly increased again in all three regions compared to the previous year. Looking at both types of commercials, they noticed

On February 9th, actress Ayase Haruka received the 'ORICON Valentine Queen Award 2013' at a public event in Tokyo. It's her second Valentine Queen Award after first receiving one in 2011.
The award was the result of a recent survey ORICON STYLE had conducted in January. The website asked 3,000 women in their teens to their thirties on which other woman they'd like to give "Tomo-choco (friend chocolate)" on Valentine's Day. It was split int

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The short period of the mid-season is finally over and the first of the winter dramas have premiered during the last seven days.
On Sunday January 6th, NHK gave the starting signal for their 2013 taiga drama 'Yae no Sakura' starring Ayase Haruka along with the usual star-studded ensemble cast of a taiga. The story bega

On December 28th, NHK has released three new previews for their upcoming 2013 taiga drama 'Yae no Sakura' starring actress Ayase Haruka.
The previews are available in three different versions with a runtime of two, five, and ten minutes. They serve as a mini guide for the first half of the drama. They introduce us to the protagonist Niijima Yae (Ayase), a female warrior born and raised in Aizu who bravely fought at the Battle of Aizu with

On December 20th, a "baton touch" ceremony between the current NHK Taiga drama star and upcoming Taiga drama star, was held at NHK Broadcasting Center. Matsuyama Kenichi who is starring in ongoing Taiga drama "Taira no Kiyomori", and Ayase Haruka who will star in next Taiga drama "Yae no Sakura" attended the ceremony.
At the "passing the baton" ceremony, the stars usually exchange presents, so Matsuyama gave Kobe beef while Ayase gave "Oki

Oricon recently conducted a poll asking 500 women from their teens to their forties "which female celebrity has the ideal face?"
First place for Oricon's "6th ideal faces chosen by women ranking" went to none other than actress Ayase Haruka. As this is her 2nd consecutive year to top the ranking, she expressed, "I don't have confidence, but it gives me a positive feeling! Thank you. I will do my best to impress everybody through products."

On November 21st, NHK began their promotions for the 2013 taiga drama 'Yae no Sakura' with the release of the main poster featuring starring actress Ayase Haruka.
Ayase is disguising herself as the protagonist Niijima Yae, a female warrior that can be described as the Japanese Jeanne d'Arc during the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. In the poster she is holding a spencer rifle and is glancing into the camera with a serious expressio

On October 7th, actress Ayase Haruka attended the opening ceremony of Ezaki Glico's facilities for a factory tour 'Glicopia East' in Kitamoto, Saitama.
Ayase wore a red one-piece dress for the event and greeted all the persons present, "Starting with the Kitamoto residents, I hope there will be a lot of people who come here and see how sweets are made." She added, "I'm praying that sweets will receive even more love from now."
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